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Historical Event on 10/26/1932
Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1959 | Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good. |
| 8/3/1993 | Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission. |
| 5/7/1990 | Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas. |
| 10/26/1952 | Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts . |
| 12/23/1959 | Edward Fredrick Lindlewood Halifax ""Irwin Lord"", English viscount and Governor General of India (1925-1931), died at the age of 78. |
| 8/15/1918 | Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born. |
| 7/1/1962 | Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad. |
| 1/3/1966 | Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana. |
| 10/28/1928 | M.G.K. Menon, Physics expert, was born. |
| 3/24/2000 | Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways. |
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